Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism., sentence 26
In due course, the woman gave birth to a boy baby, and the chief held another big play which lasted for three days and nights, and much tombo was drunk.
Who acts: woman, chief, big play, much tombo · What happens: give, hold, last, be · To what, where: birth, boy baby, due course, big play
This is a sentence of «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Xii.--concerning the Okuni Witches and Cannibalism.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, chief, big play, much tombo), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 course | case |
| 2 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 course | amod |
| 3 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 course | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 woman | det |
| 6 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 baby | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 baby | det |
| 11 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 baby | compound |
| 12 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 held | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 held | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 chief | det |
| 16 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 held | nsubj |
| 17 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gave | conj |
| 18 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 play | det |
| 19 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 play | amod |
| 20 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 held | obj |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 lasted | nsubj |
| 22 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 play | acl:relcl |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 days | case |
| 24 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 days | nummod |
| 25 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 lasted | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 nights | cc |
| 27 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 days | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 drunk | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 drunk | cc |
| 30 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 tombo | amod |
| 31 | tombo | tombo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 drunk | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 drunk | cop |
| 33 | drunk | drunk | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 held | advcl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the woman | birth | a boy baby | due course | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to baby=Recipient | ||
| 2 | hold | past | the chief | another big play | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Theme | ||||
| 3 | last | past | another big play | day | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | much tombo | drunk property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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